TEL AVIV – A staunch denier of the Holocaust who long served as the deputy of late PLO leader Yasser Arafat served on the committee that invented the military doctrine used by President Obama as the main justification for U.S. and international airstrikes against Libya. As WND first reported, billionaire philanthropist George Soros is a primary funder and key proponent of the Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect, the world's leading organization pushing the military doctrine. Several of the doctrine's main founders sit on multiple boards with Soros. The doctrine and its founders, as WND reported, have been deeply tied...

Europe’s disappointment with Barack Obama’s presidency is laid bare today as the EU’s most senior figure calls for a dramatic effort to revive transatlantic relations. The President of the European Commission told The Times that the new era at the White House was in danger of becoming a “missed opportunity” for Europe. José Manuel Barroso said that the EU-US relationship was “not living up to its potential” and was being marred by fundamental disagreements on how to deal with the economic crisis, climate change and trade reform. The feelings of a deepening rift are mutual. Senior US figures said last...

Tehran will today be offered the chance of international assistance to develop a peaceful nuclear energy programme if it halts uranium enrichment — or face punishing sanctions within a month. Javier Solana, the European Union chief, will deliver the message to Iranian leaders today as the head of a six-member international delegation of senior diplomats from Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. The “carrot and stick package” outlined by British officials this week offers Iran a range of incentives to begin negotiations but not until it has halted all Iranian enrichment. Officials acknowledge that the package differs little to that...

EU Ministers Duck Iran Nuclear Issue for Now September 08, 2007 Reuters Paul Taylor VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal -- Iran's nuclear programme has slipped so far down the European Union's agenda that it did not even figure at a two-day brainstorming session of the bloc's 27 foreign ministers this week. Diplomats said the absence of discussion of what the United States sees as one of the main threats to international security does not mean the issue had fallen off Europe's radar screen. But EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who has held long-running nuclear talks with Iran's national security chief,...

Should the Israelis be allowed time to carry out the destruction of Hezbollah, or should they be told to stop now? ...The Finns, who are in the chair, and the French and the Italians argued that they should call for an immediate ceasefire. But with Britain and Germany arguing the more American line, the eventual statement only said: "It is urgent to stop violence." The distinction may not be huge but it's the sort of thing foreign ministers wrangle over for hours. The secondary question is whether the Israeli action should be condemned alongside Hezbollah. The Finns and French had...

Polish president Lech Kaczynski has said it is too early for the creation of an EU foreign minister post, following calls from Paris for a strengthened role for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. Mr Kaczynski made his remarks in an interview with German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ahead of a two-day first visit to Berlin on Wednesday and Thursday (8-9 March). It is "too early for a European foreign minister," the Polish leader said, adding that the time is not ripe for the creation of a European diplomatic service either. The Polish stance comes amid French calls for quicker...

The Islamic campaign against free speech continues to pick up steam. With the backing of the visiting High Representative of the European Union for Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana, and of a visiting Russian delegation, the Permanent Representatives of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Member States convened at the OIC Headquarters in Jeddah on February 14, 2006 to approve the following five points (emphasis added):

Jan. 12, 2005 22:06 | Updated Jan. 12, 2005 22:37 Israel to tell EU's Solana: No instant peace negotiations By HERB KEINON Mahmoud Abbas meets with EU's Javier Solana in Ramallah Photo: AP Israel will not begin political negotiations with the Palestinian Authority simply because Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman, Israeli officials are expected to tell visiting European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana on Thursday. "We don't want the Europeans to give off the impression that because there has been an election we can now start political negotiations. We are not there yet," one senior diplomatic official said. Prime...

EU says it would reconsider position on PA if Abu Ala resigns After meeting FM Shalom in Jerusalem, EU foreign affairs chief Solana says if Abu Ala ends up just as Abu Mazen, conclusions could be drawn. Gil Horev Solana (right) and Shalom today in Jerusalem (Foreign Ministry photo). If Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei (Abu Ala) resigns we would have to reconsider our position regarding the Palestinian Authority, European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana has stated. During a press conference he held with Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom after a joint meeting this (Thursday) afternoon in Jerusalem, Solana said,...

US agrees to international control of its troops in Iraq By Leonard Doyle and Stephen Castle in Brussels 17 November 2003 The United States accepts that to avoid humiliating failure in Iraq it needs to bring its forces quickly under international control and speed the handover of power, Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, has said. Decisions along these lines will be made in the "coming days", Mr Solana told The Independent.

17 November 2003 The United States accepts that to avoid humiliating failure in Iraq it needs to bring its forces quickly under international control and speed the handover of power, Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, has said. Decisions along these lines will be made in the "coming days", Mr Solana told The Independent. The comments, signalling a major policy shift by the US, precede President George Bush's state visit this week to London, during which he and Tony Blair will discuss an exit strategy for forces in Iraq. Mr Solana underlined the change of mood in Washington,...

The United States accepts that to avoid humiliating failure in Iraq it needs to bring its forces quickly under international control and speed the handover of power, Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, has said. Decisions along these lines will be made in the "coming days", Mr Solana told The Independent. The comments, signalling a major policy shift by the US, precede President George Bush's state visit this week to London, during which he and Tony Blair will discuss an exit strategy for forces in Iraq. Mr Solana underlined the change of mood in Washington, saying: "Everybody has...

EU's Solana urges U.S. to tone down Syria comments LUXEMBOURG, April 14 (Reuters) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana urged Washington on Monday to tone down its statements about Syria, saying it was time to "cool down" the tense situation in the Middle East. Asked about the tough U.S. rhetoric on Syria, Solana replied "The region is going through a very difficult process and I think it would be better to make constructive statements to see if we can cool down the situation..." Solana was speaking before an EU foreign ministers meeting to discuss how the bloc could help...

Bonn - Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Germany late on Sunday under tight security for a conference aimed at returning Afghanistan's pressing problems to the international spotlight. Monday's meeting, which marks the anniversary of an historic deal creating a post-conflict government for Afghanistan, will also measure progress made since last year's fall of the radical Islamic Taliban regime, which harboured the al-Qaeda network. Karzai will attend the one-day event in Petersberg, near Bonn, along with other senior Afghan leaders. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana...